neighbors
neighbors — noun
1. someone whose home is right beside or just a short way from your own
someone whose home is right beside or just a short way from your own
Nia invited her neighbors over for a bowl of warm soup.
collocation: invited neighbors over
Adina's neighbors lent her a ladder to paint the top floor.
The neighbors on Maple Street shared their tools with the whole block.
Hyun baked cookies and left a box by each of his neighbors' doors.
Our neighbors from number twelve always stop to chat when they walk past.
- next-door neighbor
specifically the person in the house directly beside yours
neighbors — adjective
- neighborspositive
- more neighborscomparative
- most neighborssuperlative
1. right beside or a very short distance from something
right beside or a very short distance from something
The two neighbor towns share a single high school and a public library.
attributive: neighbor + noun
Neighbor houses on the lane were all built from the same red brick.
A fire in one neighbor building spread quickly to the shop beside it.
Neighbor farms help each other out during the busy harvest season.
The neighbor table was so close that Ezra heard their whole conversation.
- neighboring
the more common everyday form for this meaning
- adjacent
more formal; often used in official descriptions of land or buildings
用法筆記
Only used before a noun (attributive position). Describes things and places, not people. More commonly expressed as 'neighboring' in everyday English.
neighbors — verb
- neighborspresent simple I / you / we / they
- neighborses3rd person singular
- neighborsing-ing form
- neighborsedpast simple
1. to stand right next to or lie a short way from something
to stand right next to or lie a short way from something
The park neighbors a quiet stream where children sail little paper boats.
transitive: neighbor + something
Our hotel room neighbors the ice machine, so we heard it all night long.
Bilal's apartment neighbors a bakery, and the warm bread smell wakes him up.
The old stone church neighbors the town square on its northern side.
Their farmland neighbors a wide brown river that floods every spring.
文法句型
neighbor + something
用法筆記
Subject is almost always a place, building, or area of land, not a person.
常見錯誤
2. to live beside or be situated next to someone or something
to live beside or be situated next to someone or something
Arjun neighbors with a retired doctor who grows roses in the front yard.
intransitive: neighbor + with + someone
Caleb's family neighbors with the Watanabe family and shares a long driveway.
For three years, Théo neighbored with a kind elderly woman in Flatbush.
The two farms neighbor with each other along the eastern fence line.
Wei neighbors with several classmates from the same evening language course.
- live next to
the everyday phrase most learners should use instead of the rare verb 'neighbor'
文法句型
neighbor + with + someone/something
用法筆記
Frequently used with 'with'. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 1 is about physical position (places and buildings), while sense 2 can describe people living near each other.
3. to be friendly and helpful towards the people who live near you
to be friendly and helpful towards the people who live near you
Jenna makes a point of neighboring with everyone who moves onto the block.
intransitive: neighbor + with + someone
The new family neighbored with us by sharing fresh vegetables from their garden.
Ignacio believes in neighboring well and checks on the older residents every day.
The Kowalski family has neighbored with the whole street for over thirty happy years.
Iris learned the value of neighboring with kindness from her grandmother in Osaka.
- be neighborly
the far more common way to express this idea
文法句型
neighbor + with + someone
用法筆記
Rare and distinctly American. Describes the social act of being a good neighbor, not just physical nearness. Most learners will never need this sense actively.